Atletico Madrid collected their first La Liga win in five matches with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Real Zaragoza at the Estadio Vicente Calderon.
Adrian powered a glorious header into the net from 12 yards on 18 minutes from Arda Turan's cross.
With the visiting side all over the place at the back, Atletico added a second when Alvaro Dominguez nodded over the line after Diego Godin had headed Gabi's free-kick back across the visiting goal.
Adrian thumped the ball into the net fromFilipe's cutback on 75 minutes, with Helder Postiga's 79th-minute header proving a consolation for the visitors after he popped up unmarked to convert from Luis Garcia's corner.
Atletico had only lost one of their past six league meetings with Zaragoza, and there was little danger of that pattern being upset by a sloppy Zaragoza side.
The win eases the pressure on Atletico manager Gregorio Manzano, whose side went into the match with only two wins and 10 points from nine games.
They had failed to find a win in their previous seven matches.
Winger Jose Antonio Reyes was dropped from the squad after using insulting language to react to his substitution in the 3-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao.
These three points help them rise to ninth in the table on 13 points with Athletic two goals better off in eighth spot in the standings.
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